Chu and Han contend for the throne

Chapter 361 The Qi Army Retreats

Lou Jing sighed, and said to Han Xin: "Your Majesty, the Chu army is indeed under pressure!"

Han Xin nodded and said in a deep voice, "One hundred thousand cavalry, one hundred thousand cavalry? One hundred thousand cavalry?!"

Han He suddenly said: "Father, the Chu army that invaded Qi cannot be [-]. This must be a bluff. My son thinks that the Chu army can have [-]."

"Oh?" Han Xin asked with great interest, "Tell me your reason."

Han He said: "The reason is very simple. In the last battle in Huainan, the Chu army only dispatched 5 cavalry until the end. It can be seen that their total number of horses is only so many, so the Chu cavalry who invaded Qi this time will never More than [-] people."

Lou Jing said: "Your Majesty, the analysis of Young Master He is very reasonable. There are probably only so many war horses in Chu."

After this pause, Lou Jing said again: "Also, I have had contact with the Hu people of the Northern Raccoon Tribe, and I know that when the Hu people march long distances, in order to speed up, each person usually equips several horses. It is suspected that the Chu army may have adopted this method, so its actual strength may be only 3 to [-]."

"[-] to [-] cavalry?" Han Xin nodded slightly, but his eyes suddenly narrowed.

After pondering for a moment, Han Xin's narrowed eyes suddenly opened, and he turned around and shouted, "Map!"

Su Weilang waved Cao Yu back, and two forbidden soldiers came forward with a hollowed-out screen, and hung a map of Hebei's mountains, rivers, rivers and Luos on the screen. Han Xin contemplated the map for a full quarter of an hour. , a strange brilliance suddenly appeared in his eyes, and he turned back and shouted: "Order the whole army, pull out the camp and return to the country."

"Here!" Cao Yu responded suddenly, turned around and walked away.

Watching Cao Yu leave, Han He asked puzzledly: "Father, seeing that the tunnel is about to be dug and Handan is about to fall, wouldn't it be a pity to retreat at this time? Besides, the Chu army only has [-] to [-] cavalry. We only need to strictly order the counties and counties to guard the city well, we can capture Handan first, destroy Zhao State, and then return to the division.”

Han Xin smiled and said, "He'er, didn't my father teach you just now? The way to use soldiers is ever-changing, but it never deviates from the original principle. In the final analysis, there is one sentence, that is, to use righteousness, to win by surprise, to combine The current military situation, if you think about it carefully, maybe you will have unexpected gains, ha ha."

Han He scratched his little head and fell into deep thought.

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Handan City is already in a mess.

There are piles of rolling stones everywhere, scattered stones, arrows, and blood-stained broken swords and halberds all over the horse path. Dozens of hundreds of places have also been smashed down, and the originally majestic and majestic city has become dilapidated.

The air was filled with a strong smell of blood, and even severed limbs could be seen from time to time.

Zhao Guoci General Bai Xuan walked up to the top of the city surrounded by dozens of soldiers. When he saw the guards lying all over the top of the city, the captain of the accompanying soldiers stepped forward and shouted loudly. But Bai Xuan stopped him, and Bai Xuan tiptoed to the top of the city, and walked carefully through the crowd, lest he would wake up the sleeping soldiers.

Not far away, several sentry guards in charge of security wanted to pay respects, but Bai Xuan stopped them.

After five days of bloody battle, the soldiers were already exhausted, Bai Xuan couldn't bear to wake them up.

But at this moment, a low-pitched trumpet sounded outside Handan City without warning, and the sleeping Zhao Jun soldiers were startled in an instant, turned over and sat up one by one, and rushed behind the battlements with their weapons. , a dozen sharp-eyed soldiers were the first to spot Bai Xuan who was patrolling the city, and hurried forward to salute him.

Bai Xuan returned the salute, and when he turned his head to look outside the city, there was indeed movement from the Qi army.

However, soon, Bai Xuan discovered that the situation was different. The Qi army outside the city showed no signs of gathering outside Handan City. They seemed to be pulling out their camp!That's right, the camp is being pulled out, and the Qi army is going to retreat? !

A sharp-eyed soldier immediately shouted excitedly: "The camp is pulled out, the Qi army has pulled out the camp!"

"That's right, they are really pulling out the camp!" A soldier immediately echoed, "They want to retreat!"

There was a sudden commotion on the top of Handan City, more and more soldiers flocked to the back of the battlements, climbed the battlements and looked out, a few stunned young people even jumped on the battlements, at this moment, all the soldiers were full of hearts. Overjoyed, the Qi army is really about to retreat, and Handan City is defended?Wouldn't Zhao Guo and their homeland be preserved?
Bai Xuan's brows were filled with gloom, he didn't dare to be as optimistic as the soldiers, how could the Qi army retreat when they were well behaved?If something goes wrong, it must be a demon. Could it be that Han Xin is playing some tricks to get him?After pondering for a while, Bai Xuan called the captain of the soldiers to the front and ordered: "Take the cavalry and go outside the city to catch some Qi army scouts and come back!"

"Here!" The captain of the personal army responded abruptly and took the order.

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Outside the city of Lixia (now Jinan City), the Xiaocavalry Army is marching mightily eastward.

Among the thousands of troops, Xiang Zhuang urged his horse forward, turned his head and asked Baili Xian, "Zi Liang, the army has entered Qi for several days, counting the time, Han Xin should have received the military report, you Say, will he withdraw his troops from Handan?"

Bai Lixian shook his feather fan and replied: "It is certain to return to the teacher to save himself, otherwise, when he captures Handan and then returns to the teacher, the whole Qidi will probably become a wasteland. Han Xin will never be able to bear such a blow. However, I am also a little worried that Han Xin will play tricks before he really retreats, and Zhao Guo will suffer a lot if he is not good!"

"You mean..." Xiang Zhuang said solemnly, "Han Xin will play hard-to-get tricks?"

"Nine times out of ten it is like this." Bai Lixian said firmly, "If the Zhao army doesn't notice and thinks that the Qi army has really retreated, and the Qi army makes another U-turn to attack, Handan may fall instantly."

Xiang Zhuang's face darkened in an instant. The more he thought about it, the more he felt that Bailixian's worry was justified. Zhao Jun's carelessness might have fallen into Han Xin's trick of trying to capture him. It will perish, and this expedition of the Chu army will be meaningless!
No, this must not be allowed to happen!
At that moment, Xiang Zhuang turned his head and shouted: "Old Qu? Qu Bucai!"

Whenever Xiang Zhuang goes out for an expedition, Qu Bucai, the commander of Wumuya, must accompany him. As soon as Xiang Zhuang's words fell, Qu Bucai rode his horse and came to Xiang Zhuang. What order?"

Xiang Zhuang said in a deep voice: "Didn't you bring a few pigeons back to Handan? Immediately send a letter to Handan Feige and ask your people to try to inform Zhao Wang and Zhang Ao, saying that the army of the widows has invaded Qi. I will retreat, but let him not be negligent, so as not to fall into Han Xin's trick of trying to catch him!"

"Here!" Qu Bucai bowed, and went to accept the order.

Xiang Zhuang breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Zhang Ao must not be careless."

Bai Lixian put down his feather fan, and said: "Don't worry, my lord, Zhang Ao's tent is not without capable people, others don't say, that Bai Xuan is also a powerful person, if there is Wumuya's warning, he probably won't be trusted by China and Han again." Trick."

Xiang Zhuang nodded thoughtfully, and said in a low voice, "I hope so, I hope so..."

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Handan, Zhao Palace.

Zhao Wang Zhang Ao was celebrating with Guan Gao, Zhang Jing, Zhao Wu, Bai Xuan and other civil and military officials. Han Xin finally retreated, the siege of Handan was finally lifted, and the huge stone that was pressing on the hearts of their monarchs and ministers was finally removed. At this moment, the hearts of the king and ministers of Zhao Guo were really full of ecstasy, and Zhao Guo had no worries.

General Zhao Wu of the Zhao Kingdom blushed even more with excitement.

The Qi army stormed Handan for five days, and had no choice but to retreat sadly. This illustrious victory had already fallen firmly on Zhao Wu's head. Thinking that he could make the famous Han Xin return without success, Zhao Wu was so excited Furious, if he hadn't been concerned about King Zhao's authority, he really wanted to knock those female officials to the ground and attack wantonly.

Guan Gao and Zhang Jing were also overjoyed. Zhao Guo was able to turn a bad luck into a blessing this time, which can be called a blessing from heaven.

Only Bai Xuan frowned deeply, feeling a sense of inexplicable uneasiness in his heart. The Qi army had only been besieging the city for five days, yet they retreated hastily?This is not Han Xin's style at all. As the saying goes, if something goes wrong, you will be a demon. What went wrong?Is it a trick to play hard to get, or some major event happened in Qi country?
Bai Xuan's confusion didn't last long. Soon, the bodyguard cavalry he sent to arrest the Qi army's scouts got news. His bodyguard cavalry captured more than a dozen groups of Qi army scouts. After brutally killing dozens of Qi army scouts, he finally pried open the mouth of one of the Qi army scouts, and a big event happened in the country of Qi!

The Chu army turned out to be the Chu army, and one hundred thousand Chu cavalry had already invaded Qi!

Only then did Bai Xuan let out a long sigh of relief. It seems that the retreat of the Qi army is true. One hundred thousand Chu cavalry invaded Qi and burned, killed and looted wantonly in Qi. It is no wonder that Han Xin returned to the army in a hurry. If they don't return to the division, even if Linzi won't fall, the whole land of Qi will be ruined by the Chu army.

When Bai Xuan told the news, King Zhao Zhang Ao, Guan Gao, Zhang Jing, Zhao Wu and other ministers were all relieved.

When Zhang Ao was happy, he immediately told his sub-minister, Zhang Jing, to say: "Yaxiang, immediately summon the ministers and officials. Tonight, the widow will hold a grand banquet in the palace hall to reward the civil and military officials, hahaha..."

"Here!" Zhang Jingyi bowed, turned around and walked away.

Zhang Ao said to the general Zhao Wu again: "General, immediately send someone to withdraw money and food from the treasury, and prepare more cattle, mutton, wine and meat. After the palace banquet, I will go to the camp to reward the five armies in person and congratulate the soldiers. !"

"Here!" Zhao Wu clapped his hands together, and responded with a bang, then turned around and walked away.

"Haha, dear dear ones, I'm sorry." Watching Zhang Jing and Zhao Wu go away, Zhang Aoyu couldn't suppress the joy in his heart, so he bid farewell to Guan Gao, Bai Xuan and others, and went straight to the harem Now, Liu Yuan's gaudy figure already appeared in Zhang Ao's mind. There are hundreds of beauties in the harem, but Zhang Ao only loves Liu Yuan alone.

(End of this chapter)